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Doug I sometimes wonder if Christians has any festivals or history that not copied from somewhere the Zombie Jesus and all that drinking of communion sacramental blood /wine and eating of bodies ?? virgin births phew all that forgiving of sins was a good sales pitch and all that life in heaven ever after !!! cheers P On 11/04/2018 16:41, Douglas Barbour wrote: > Well, I’d definitely take the chocolate eggs… > > But you know those older christians, they knew what they were dong when they took over those pagan holidays… (just because the present day kind have forgotten their history…). > > Doug > >> On Apr 11, 2018, at 3:12 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> EOSTRE >> >> when he >> pointed out >> to the Christians >> that Easter >> was in fact the >> pagan festival >> of Eostre >> they took it >> rather badly >> and firmly >> tied him >> to a cross >> and pelted >> stoned him >> with very solid >> hard and painful >> chocolate eggs >> >> >> pmcmanus >> s287 >> >> spellcheck trying to change Eostre to stereo! > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > Listen. If (UofAPress): > > > There is no real > world, my friends. > Why not, then > let the stars > shine in our bones? > > Robert Kroetsch